HealthFlex
×
  • Home
  • Immunology Book
  • Lab Tests
    • Hematology
    • Fluid analysis
    • CSF
    • Urine Analysis
    • Chemical pathology
    • Blood banking
    • Fungi
    • General pathology
    • Immune system
    • Microbiology
    • Parasitology
    • Pathology
    • Tumor marker
    • Virology
    • Cytology
  • Lectures
    • Bacteriology
    • Immunology
    • Liver
    • Lymph node
    • Lymphoid system
    • Mycology
    • Pathology
    • Virology
  • Blog
    • Economics and technical
    • Fitness health
    • Mental health
    • Nutrition
    • Travel
    • Preventive health
    • Nature and photos
    • General topic
  • Medical Dictionary
  • About Us
  • Contact

Carbon monoxide (CO) Poisoning

Carbon monoxide (CO) Poisoning
February 5, 2020BlogPreventive health

  • Carbon monoxide has high affinity to bind with hemoglobin.
  • This binding affinity as compared to oxygen is 200 times more.
  • When it combines with Hemoglobin then give rise to Carboxyhemoglobin (Hb-CO.)
  • Because of carbon monoxide (CO) binding then the sites for oxygen are not available.
  • This has even more affinity for fetal hemoglobin.
  • Carbon monoxide is directly toxic to intracellular oxidative process.

Clinical effects of Carbon monoxide poisoning 

Level of Carbon monoxide Clinical effect on patient
0.4 to 2% This level is seen in normal nonsmoker
2 to 6% This level is seen in normal smoker
10 to 20% Patient will have mild symptoms like dyspnea on exertion
20 to 50% Symptoms are severe. There is intoxication with headache, lethargy and loss of consciousness
>50% Patient will go into coma and ultimately death
   

Possible References Used
Go Back to Blog

Add Comment Cancel


  • Blog
    • Economics and technical
    • Fitness health
    • General topic
    • Mental health
    • Nature and photos
    • Nutrition
    • Preventive health
    • Travel

About Us

Labpedia.net is non-profit health information resource. All informations are useful for doctors, lab technicians, nurses, and paramedical staff. All the tests include details about the sampling, normal values, precautions, pathophysiology, and interpretation.

info@labpedia.net

Quick Links

  • Blog
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Disclaimer

Our Team

Professor Dr. Riaz Ahmad Bhutta

Dr. Naheed Afroz Syed

Dr. Asad Ahmad, M.D.

Dr. Shehpar Khan, M.D.

Copyright © 2020. All Rights Reserved.
Web development by Farhan Ahmad